Some geotechnical specificities of Gulf of Guinea deepwater sediments

Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics, ISFOG 2005 - Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1047-1053

  Puech, A ^a   Colliat, J L ^b   Nauroy, J F ^c   Meunier, J ^d  

^a Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP-WATER SEDIMENTS; DEEPWATER; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL; GULF OF GUINEA; GULF OF MEXICO; INDEX PROPERTIES; INSITU STRESS; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH; WATER DEPTH;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SOILS;

EID: 84857480083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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